careful.
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
Meaning & usage
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
He was a slow and careful driver.
Be very careful (while) trekking through the jungle.
Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
They made a careful search of the crime scene.
Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care + -ful.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.